MetaTrader 4 at FOREX.com

Tight dealing spreads - as low as 1-2 pipsA robust technical analysis package with the ability to create custom indicatorsSupport for hedging activitiesThe ability to program and automate specific trading strategies using a built-in language, MetaQuotes Language 4Visually track your positions and trade directly from the chartsTrade with a well-capitalized, respected industry leader

Daily Cost of Carry ("Premium")

Some positions held past 5PM EST (New York time) will be subject to Cost of Carry charges/credits as detailed in the "Reference Prices" window of your trading platform. This cost is set at 0% to 8% per annum of the notional value of the position, depending on the product. Individual shares are charged 8% per annum for long positions and 2% per annum for short positions.This equates to about $0.00 to $1.00 per lot per day for most instruments.

GCI In the Press

GCI is recognized globally as one of the premier foreign exchange market makers and providers of industry research and analysis. GCI's analysis appears regularly on Multex.com and Reuters, and is subscribed to by major institutions including J.P. Morgan, G.E. Capital, UBS AG, Lazard Asset Management, and Goldman Sachs

CFD/Share Trading

The "CFD", or "Contract for Difference", was developed to allow clients to receive all the benefits of owning a stock without having to physically own the stock itself. For example, instead of purchasing 1,000 shares of Microsoft from a stock broker, a client could instead buy a 10 lots of Microsoft on the GCI CFD trading platform. A $5 per share rise in the price of Microsoft would confer to the client a $5,000 profit, just as if he had purchased the actual shares that are traded on the exchange. A major difference is that there are no exchange fees and many of the inefficiencies of trading the underlying shares on the exchange are eliminated. GCI can therefore offer CFDs with zero commissions and very attractive margin requirements. CFDs have grown in popularity dramatically over the past few years, and we believe that this will increasingly be the preferred way to trade the financial markets.

Safety of Client Funds

Assuring client fund safety is one of the single most important factors in the financial industry. GCI maintains client funds insurance with a comprehensive insurance policy from Allied International Group, Inc. (view certificate of insurance). Furthermore, GCI has years of experience managing risk, a strong balance sheet, and offers additional legal and structural guarantees:

Global Tradewaves to Offer Collateralized Transactions

Global Tradewaves LTD, a Swiss regulated currency broker and a broker clearing member of Dubai Gold and Commodities Exchange is set to allow institutional clients to trade using gold, shares, letter of credit and bank guarantees as collateral on currency transactions. These "bank guarantee solutions" will provide great flexibility and efficiency to Global Tradewaves' institutional client base. This new policy is being instituted as part of Global Tradewaves' repositioning as a currency services provider for the institutional sector, with expanded product and services offerings for banks, money managers, mutual funds, trading companies and corporations, GTL product development “Our new facility will provide extensive cash flow relieve to institutional clients enabling them the flexibility to maximize their funds utility.”

Key Features

Provides real-time streaming information for scripts set-up in the portfolio-Facilitates Integrated Market Watch-Market Snap Shot provides the Best Buy / Sell price, Volume in Quantity and Value, day’s Open, High, Low and Close prices for every individual scripts/contracts-Provides Real-Time Market Information on securities & contracts, displaying the market depth. The best orders can be either by Order or by Price-Provisions to create multiple portfolios and the flexibility to switch from one portfolio to another. The portfolio can be applied to views such as the Market Watch or the Ticker-Normal order entry screen with minimum required inputs from user for quick creation and execution of orders-Facilitates Normal Order and Trade book functions; and much more